Hero Quest brings to life historical heroes from New York Times best-selling author Brad Metzler’s Ordinary People Change the World book series in life-size books throughout your museum! Children will go on a scavenger hunt to find diverse historical heroes, stepping into the story to learn powerful character traits and discover the hero within themselves. Through hands-on activities, children will explore the traits that made real-life heroes extraordinary and learn how they themselves can make a difference in the world.

The Ordinary People Change the World series was created to provide children with positive role models they can emulate. The Magic House is partnering with CharacterPlus to help create the character education content for the project; Maryville University, University of Missouri and Girls, Inc. for evaluation; and Brad Meltzer and Chris Eliopoulos for exhibit design consultation.

This project is part of the Fostering Character Through Children’s Museums, a Lilly Endowment initiative designed to help children’s museums develop or expand programs that encourage the development of positive character traits.

The Magic House is one of 15 children’s museums around the nation being funded through the initiative.

The Hero Quest traveling exhibit will feature a variety of small kiosks that will feature diverse historical characters with unique hands-on environments and engaging interactives to facilitate conversations and foster positive character development.